Abstract
The aim of this study is to analyze the need for teaching materials in the Biology Learning Strategy course that are in accordance with the needs of lecturers and students to support learning in the modern era. The design of this research is exploratory research. The research subjects were ten lecturers in Biology Learning Strategy courses or similar courses from seven universities and 102 biology education students who had gone through Biology Learning Strategies courses from Universities in Surakarta and DIY. Data collection techniques are observation and questionnaires. Analysis of questionnaire data using Rasch modeling. The results of the study indicate that the obstacles faced in learning the Biology Learning Strategy course are the absence of teaching materials that can be used as a guide in the learning process. The results of the questionnaire analysis of lecturers and students are above the logit item value of 0.00 which shows the respondents agree on the importance of the Biology Learning Strategy course and that teaching materials are needed in the form of textbooks. The conclusion of this research is that it is necessary to develop a textbook with the characteristics of Blended Collaboration Problem-Based Learning to support the Biology Learning Strategy course.
Highlights
Every teacher is required to have good competence and capacity to improve quality of education in Indonesia in the 21st century
The aim of this study is to analyze the need for teaching materials in the Biology Learning Strategy course that are inappropriate with the needs of lecturers and pre-service biology teachers to support learning in this era
The respondents of this research were ten lecturers who teach Biology Learning Strategy courses (SPB) or similar courses from seven universities, namely UNS, UMS, UNY, UIN Lampung, UIN North Sumatra, Mataram University, UNEJ and biology education students who have gone through the Biology Learning Strategy course, which amounted to 102 students from universities in Surakarta and Yogyakarta
Summary
Every teacher is required to have good competence and capacity to improve quality of education in Indonesia in the 21st century. Educators must have adequate capabilities in designing all aspects related to learning activities. Students majoring in pedagogy must have the provisions to become competent teachers, including biology education students. One of the competencies that need to be trained by prospective biology teachers is pedagogic competence. An important pedagogic competence of biology teachers is biology teaching skills that are in accordance with the nature of biology as a science. Biology Learning Strategy is the right course for the biology education study program to equip students'
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